Subject: CM First Group October 2026 Newsletter

Explore the future of modernization

 October 2026

In this issue...

  • Featured: Agile Needs a Better Backlog - CM First Group

  • Conference: Watch AI Day and Keynotes

  • Broadcom Support: Let us Help You Get the Support You Need

  • Article: Survey Surfaces Sharp Increase in Amount of Code Written by AI - DevOps

  • Intelligence: Further Reading on the Web

Heads Up

Agile Needs a Better Backlog


Somewhere in your backlog, a story is carrying eight points for code nobody on the team has read. Easy Agile’s 2026 survey of 419 practitioners found dependency delays behind 35.6% of sprint rollover, and on a legacy system the same pattern gets expensive. 


In this issue’s lead article, we make the case that agile still fits modernization programs, provided the backlog comes from analysis of the system instead of memory and guesswork. Read how planning, refinement, and retrospectives change, and why your longest-tenured developers should own the slices.


Read the full article  →

15th CA 2E / CA Plex Worldwide Conference

AI Deep Dives, Keynote Speeches, and Customer Roundtable available for streaming


Our AI Day Deep Dives, Keynote Sessions and Customer Roundtable are all  available for streaming.


If you couldn't make it in person to the conference, these are the next best thing to immerse yourself in the latest CA 2E and CA Plex AI, or take in the latest from Broadcom and IBM straight from the source.


Watch now →

Announcing CM evolveIT 11.7


Available for Streaming: Join us for informative, hands-on sessions focused on the new CM evolveIT 11.7 release. 


Tailored for future-minded developers, these sessions showcase groundbreaking enhancements aimed at revolutionizing your code analysis and transformation workflows. Expect hands-on demonstrations that you can take to your development workflows right away.

Watch a webinar now...

Mainframe COBOL

Latest Advances in Mainframe COBOL Code Analysis and Transformation

Learn about cutting-edge artificial intelligence tools that promise streamlined analysis and transformation processes, automated tools that convert legacy COBOL code to Java, and advanced code slicing.


Watch Now

IBM i

Latest Advances in IBM i Code Analysis and Transformation

Learn how to cut your analysis costs by up to 80% with new capabilities. We'll demo new CA 2E (Synon) and CA Plex superpowers, AI and Code slicing innovations, and improved support for DB2 and COBOL and more.


Watch Now

Heads Up

Survey Surfaces Sharp Increase in Amount of Code Written by AI


Forty-two percent of teams now have AI writing at least half their code. 


That is the number that changes the math on review, because at half the codebase, reading everything carefully stops being a plan and starts being a wish. 


Mike Vizard’s write-up of the survey data is worth five minutes if you are working out what your own verification step needs to look like before the volume arrives.


Read now →

 Broadcom Support 


Many enterprises struggle with obtaining Broadcom support for their CA 2E (Synon, COOL:2E) or CA Plex systems


If you're working with an older unsupported release, upgrading your IBM OS, or otherwise under the shadow of lapsed maintenance, we can get you back on Broadcom support based on your unique situation. We specialize in all sizes of customers.


Fill out our 2 minute form and schedule a no-commitment fifteen minute conversation with a CM First Group technical rep.

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Current Releases


CM WebClient 1.8.8 (with nightly builds) For details, go here.

CM Matchpoint ALM 7.0 Build 004. For details, go here.

CM evolveIT 11.7, last supported 10.6
CA Plex 7.3, last supported 7.2.1 (as of October 31, 2024)
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CA 2E 8.7.4, last supported 8.7 (as of October 31, 2024)
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